Biografia:
Procedentes de Memphis, Tennessee, los Box Tops estaban originalmente formados por Alex Chilton (voz solista y guitarra), Bill Cunningham (bajo, teclados y coros), John Evans (guitarra, teclados y coros), Danny Smythe (batería) y Gary Talley (guitarra y coros).
En agosto de 1967 (en pleno “verano del amor”) editan su primer single “The Letter”, el cual alcanza el nº 1 en las listas de USA donde permanecerá durante 4 semanas y del cual se llegan a vender más de 4 millones de copias .
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
Finger picking in 4/4 Time
Intro:
Em7 x 4 measures
(1)
Em C
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
D Em
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Em C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
D Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.
(2)
Em C
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
D Em
Got to get back to my baby once again.
Em C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
D Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.
Chorus:
G D
Well, she wrote me a letter,
C G D
Said she couldn't live without me no more... C! D! (single strum each)
G D C G D
Please, Mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more...
B7
Anyway...
Repeat Verse (1) & End:
Em C
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
D Em
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Em C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
D Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter,
B7 Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter
B7 Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.
Outro: (1 measure each chord except Em which is a single strum)
Em7, C7, D, Em!
Intro:
Em7 x 4 measures
(1)
Em C
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
D Em
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Em C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
D Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.
(2)
Em C
I don't care how much money I gotta spend,
D Em
Got to get back to my baby once again.
Em C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
D Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.
Chorus:
G D
Well, she wrote me a letter,
C G D
Said she couldn't live without me no more... C! D! (single strum each)
G D C G D
Please, Mister, can't you see I got to get back to my baby once more...
B7
Anyway...
Repeat Verse (1) & End:
Em C
Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,
D Em
Ain't got time to take a fast train.
Em C
Lonely days are gone, I'm goin' home,
D Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter,
B7 Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter
B7 Em
My Baby, she wrote me a letter.
Outro: (1 measure each chord except Em which is a single strum)
Em7, C7, D, Em!
The Broken Circl (...)
The Broken Famil (...)
The Brothers Fou (...)
The Buckinghams
The Bucky Walter (...)
The Cardboard Sw (...)
The Cardigans
The Careful Ones
The Carpenters
The Cars